Fur seals belong to the group known
as the Otarid or "eared" seals, this group contains fur seals and
sea-lions that have a visible earflap.Southern
fur seals in appearance and manner resemble a large dog (albeit a funny shaped
one). They are able to bring their rear flippers under their body and take the
weight of their body on their fore-flippers and so are much more agile on land
compared to others such as elephant, Weddell and crabeater seals.
The
males can reach 200kg (440lb) and can be up to 4 times larger than the females.
They are restricted mainly to the sub-Antarctic islands, with 95% of the worlds
population being found on the island of South Georgia.
Photo; © Paul Ward - Pentax equipment,
100mm
lens, 35mm film, K64.
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